Safe-breaking Gear Found on Motor Cyclist
Detective Donald McLeod testified that on 30 December in Footscray he and Det. Bartrop pursued a motor cyclist, later identified as the accused anger, after a radio patrol car followed two speeding vehicles toward Bacchus Marsh. The rider was found with three sticks of zelignite, a detonator, and fuse. The accused claimed innocence, was committed for trial in February, with bail set at £200.
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Donald McLeod
Bartrop
Ballarat Road Footscray
Bacchus Marsh
Det. Bartrop
Deer Park
Det
McLeod
Melbourne
Wagner
Daniels
Ballarat
Det. McLeod
Rowan
A. Bartrop
Supreme Court
Garden Competition Entries Open in Sunshine Society Event
Several entries have been received for a garden competition to be held by the Sunshine Horticultural Society in March. Entries close with Mr A Klix of Hill Street on February 13. A silver cup awaits the winner, with second prize a trophy valued at £2 2s and third prize £1 1s. The contest aims to spur gardening interest and district beautification, with entries also for the Autumn Show on March 28 at the town hall.
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Sunshine Horticultural Society
A. Klix
Hill Street
Intruder Disturbs John Young at East Sunshine Home
John Young of 3 Baker Street East Sunshine arrived home at 1 a.m. last weekend to hear a noise in an empty bedroom. He entered the room and heard a person climbing a rear fence from an open window. The intruder escaped and the bedroom drawers were found ransacked.
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John Young
Baker Street
East Sunshine
Sun shine City Band Building Appeal Reaches £428
Donations to Sun shine City Band Building Appeal push the total to £428 0s 8d with gifts from Mrs K Hyde Dr Wise Braybrooke Motor Works and others. Mrs Hyde notes her late husband Tom Hyde would have backed the cause. Sympathy is offered to fellow member Ray Roberts on his mother’s death.
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K. Hyde
Tom Hyde
Hyde
Dr Wise
Braybroock Motor Works
M. Lynch
Sunshine Cabinet Works
W. Ring
Mr Webster
Mr Gibson
W. L. Johnson
Carter Bros
Brizine Ltd
Ray Roberts
Rate notices going out soon
The rate collector Mr T O'Brien and staff are preparing notices with 18 000 assessments to be sent this year Delivery starts next week Rates rise to 3 shillings per pound require deeper payments to be made by 10 April Non-payers face severe action.
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T. O'Brien
Motorcycle and Bicycle Collision Injures Two Riders
Two people on a bicycle were injured in a collision with a motorcycle. The incident details are incomplete in the report, with injuries described but no names or exact location provided. Further updates may specify conditions and authorities involved.
ALP Holds Annual Meeting and Nominates Officers
Dr H Dempster chaired the session as the ALP nominated officers for 1959 including L J Day for President J W Johnston and K G Chaplin as vice presidents G R Crick as Secretary and A T Chaplin as Press Correspondent. Delegates and committees were listed with a campaign to grow membership and a meeting set for February 17 at Sunshine Town Hall 8 p.m. Female and junior members are urgently required.
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L. J. Day
J. W. Johnston
K. G. Chaplin
G. R. Crick
W. Donovan
A.T. Chaplin
J. Downling
J. Patten
W. Whitney
H. Dempster
A. T. Chaplin
Municipal
State Electoral Council
H. Bowyer
Sunshine Town Hall
Snakes Reported Across Sunshine After Sightings
Reports from Sunshine describe snakes in multiple areas. Keith Hebb killed a 3 ft tiger snake on Graham Street last Saturday. A snake observed near a house on South Road vanished on Thursday morning. A tiger snake died in the front garden of Murdoch’s Derby Road home recently.
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Keith Hebb
Graham Street
South Road
Tem
Jef
Chison
Murdoch
Derby Road
All Six-year Olds Should be Placed in School
Education officials announce plans to place six year olds in schools amid accommodation pressure. Overflow classes will be moved from St Albans to Deer Park Albion and other sites. Railways hostel in Rupert Street Footscray eyed for extra space. South Road school delayed. one Sunhine Road opening anticipated soon. Extra rooms planned at Maidstone North Footscray and St Albans.
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Meuroh Sthoalo
St. Albans
Deer Park
Albion
A. FE. Shepherd
Railways
Rupert Street
Est
Shepherd
Mathewson
South Rd
Trewlay
Maidatone School
North Feaotaoray
St Johns Ambulance Cadets Girls and Boys Wanted
Boys anxious to learn useful skills and serve the community are invited to join the Sunshine Division of the St Johns Ambulance Cadets. Age from ten and a half. Uniforms supplied free. two shillings for the first aid handbook. First meeting at Sunshine Town Hall Thursday February 5 from 7:40 to 8 pm. A new division to open soon at St Albans. contact cadet officer Mr W Knowles Esplanade St Albans.
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Sunshine
The
St. Johns Ambulance Cadets
Rosebud
Sunshine Town Hall
St. Albans
W. Knowles
Knowles
Esplanade
Council Resumes on Monday After Christmas Recess
Sunshine City Council will resume ordinary meetings on Monday after the holiday break. The council plans expansion during the year, predicting more problems for civic authorities. Ink-r position has slowed but finance for private-street schemes and loans presents difficulties.
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Sunshine City Council
Sunshine
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Seymours Men’s Store
Stamina” College
S.T
Knickers College
Technical School
Sunshine City
City of
Sunstine
Victoria
L. Warburton
J. Wheelahan
Ray Mudford
ALP
Retieus
Beng
Lenmewi
Sunshine Road
Sunshine A.N.A
Alan Smallman
Town Hall
St. John’s
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